The OER Knowledge Cloud: From A Small Liberal Arts College To The World: Our Blended Courses, Spoc, And Moocs In Italian Studies

From a small Liberal Arts college to the world: Our blended courses, SPOC, and MOOCs in Italian Studies

Published	May 2017
Conference	5th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2017, Madrid, Spain, May 22-26, 2017, Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus
Series	Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Edition 1, Volume 10254, Pages 3-9
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Editors	Kloos, Carlos Delgado · Jermann, Patrick · Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar · Seaton, Daniel T. · White, Su
Country	Spain, Europe

ABSTRACT

In this contribution I focus on the structure and contents of an online course in the Italian language and culture offered through different venues and formats, i.e. as a summer SPOC (Small Private Online Course); as a blended course on our campus and at MIT, and as a MOOC on the edX platform. I present and analyze some data on students' perception of the effectiveness of different online learning tools from a survey sent to all learners (MOOC and campus). Finally, I propose some concrete steps to advance our Italian language academic programs: these include the creation of a platform to share our best practices, evaluate our programs and assess learning outcomes.

Keywords

blended learning · Italian · language teaching · MOOC · SPOC

Published at	Madrid
ISBN	978-3-319-59044-8
Refereed	Yes
Rights	© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
DOI	10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_1
URL	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_1
Export options	BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar

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